Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a

was the one

I felt my nose tingled, and I nearly burst

Jason looked confused and tried to get up, using

rushed over, all heartache, and asked, “What happened?”

cautiously mumbled,

obviously hiding

this nurse sidled up to us; she gave me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh? What’s the deal here? You leave the

and only after learning that the heavy object hadn’t

on earth did he end up getting stabbed in the leg

asked him, Jason hemmed and hawed.

inside, and my tone got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something

spill the beans,

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heard you were hurt. How bad

familiar voice, I’d heard